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Lowestoft, Suffolk [600]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [266]

Lowestoft [81]

Lowestoft England [27]

Lowestoft, Norfolk [16]

Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk [7]

Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5]

Lowestoft Suffolk [5]

Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5]

Lowestoft, Sussex [4]

Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [4]

Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Kirkley Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

lowestoft [2]

lowestoft,Suffolk [2]

4 Crown Villas Beccles Road Lowestoft England [1]

Aldeburgh, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Carlton Colville, Nr Lowestoft [1]

Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Gisleham near Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1]

Kirkby Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Kirkley Lowestoft [1]

Kirkley, Lowestoft [1]

Leyton Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Lowestoft Suffolk. [1]

Lowestoft suffolk [1]

Lowestoft, England [1]

Lowestoft, London [1]

Mutford district which includes Lowestoft [1]

Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Pakefield, Lowestoft [1]

Pakefield, North Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Rushmere, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Somerleyton, Lowestoft [1]

St John's, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Vakefield, Lowestoft [1]

Wangford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Watford, Lowestoft [1]

Wrentham, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

kirkley,lowestoft,suffolk [1]

lowestoft,suffolk [1]

Rank

Deck Hand [68]

Private [51]

Seaman [17]

Second Hand [12]

Skipper [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Engineman [7]

Trimmer [7]

Corporal [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Driver [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Leading Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Stoker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting gunner [1]

Air Mech. 1 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Canon [1]

Captain [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Deckhand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fireman [1]

Fourth Hand [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major, Chaplain Second Class [1]

Nurse [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [111]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Engineers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "New Comet." [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Cressy." [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Yeomanry [2]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1]

19th Hussars [1]

2nd Reinforcement [1]

3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company [1]

57th Division [1]

7th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1]

7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Airmen's Service [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Chaplain Infantry Brigade [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft) [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gurkha Rifles [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Leda." [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [521]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159]

British Army [84]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [146]

C [116]

S [98]

W [82]

H [79]

M [79]

A [67]

G [55]

P [51]

R [50]

D [35]

F [35]

T [35]

L [33]

K [23]

J [22]

N [20]

E [19]

Y [9]

O [4]

U [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [675]

Merchant Navy [267]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Lowestoft, Suffolk [600] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [266] Lowestoft [81] Lowestoft England [27] Lowestoft, Norfolk [16] Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk [7] Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5] Lowestoft Suffolk [5] Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [5] Lowestoft, Sussex [4] Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [4] Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Kirkley Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Lound, Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] lowestoft [2] lowestoft,Suffolk [2] 4 Crown Villas Beccles Road Lowestoft England [1] Aldeburgh, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Carlton Colville, Nr Lowestoft [1] Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Gisleham near Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [1] Kirkby Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Kirkley Lowestoft [1] Kirkley, Lowestoft [1] Leyton Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Lowestoft Suffolk. [1] Lowestoft suffolk [1] Lowestoft, England [1] Lowestoft, London [1] Mutford district which includes Lowestoft [1] Mutford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Oulton, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Pakefield, Lowestoft [1] Pakefield, North Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Rushmere, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Somerleyton, Lowestoft [1] St John's, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Vakefield, Lowestoft [1] Wangford, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Watford, Lowestoft [1] Wrentham, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] kirkley,lowestoft,suffolk [1] lowestoft,suffolk [1]

Rank

Deck Hand [68] Private [51] Seaman [17] Second Hand [12] Skipper [8] Able Seaman [7] Engineman [7] Trimmer [7] Corporal [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Driver [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Leading Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Stoker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting gunner [1] Air Mech. 1 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Canon [1] Captain [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Deckhand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fireman [1] Fourth Hand [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major, Chaplain Second Class [1] Nurse [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [111] Suffolk Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Engineers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "New Comet." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Cressy." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Yeomanry [2] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2nd Reinforcement [1] 3rd Canadian Divisional Signal Company [1] 57th Division [1] 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry [1] 7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Airmen's Service [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Chaplain Infantry Brigade [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft) [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gurkha Rifles [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Leda." [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [521] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159] British Army [84] Australian Imperial Force [29] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [146] C [116] S [98] W [82] H [79] M [79] A [67] G [55] P [51] R [50] D [35] F [35] T [35] L [33] K [23] J [22] N [20] E [19] Y [9] O [4] U [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [675] Merchant Navy [267]

Country

United Kingdom [45] France [1]

Albert Willie Wicks

Born 1878

Died 1941

British Army 45159 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 38141 Private Scottish Rifles

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Leonard Hume Williams

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6016 Private London Regiment

British Army 392478 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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James Doy

Born 1872

Died 1917

Royal Navy DA 10310 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 10310DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Arfon

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Arthur William Stevens Mason

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 235450 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Abiah Sabberton

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 17193 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Edward Lumsden

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army 131819 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Charles Chatteriss

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 205761 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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William John Cooper

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 14145 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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Bertie Ernest Allen

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 895 D A (Ch) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve HM Drifter Kent County Lowestoft

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Bertie Ernest Allen

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy DA 895 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 895 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Kent County."

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Thomas Scarll

Born 1864

Died 1914

Royal Navy Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy WSA 192 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Eyrie."

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Stanley John Abbott

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2726 Private Essex Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 2726 Private Essex Regiment

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Clifford Norman Bunting

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army R 35743 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Edward Thompson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy 3339/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3339 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter, Golden Gain

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Christopher Alfred Wright

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 1592 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 200142 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Gallant

Born 1872

Died 1916

Royal Navy 990DA [ 900DA ] Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 900 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Kent County."

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Albert Arthur Bessant

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 41DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 41 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Percy Henry Brooks Smith

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy 3204DA Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 3204 Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Drifter "Cosmos."

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Albert Allen

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 8506 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 8506/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Violet May."

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Archie E Goodwin

Born 1898

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft)

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